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Silver Creek zoning board approves CUP and rezones lakeside parcel with conditions amid resident petitions
Summary
At its May 20, 2025 meeting, the Silver Creek Township Board of Planning and Zoning approved a conditional use permit for PID 216-100-333100 and rezoned PID 216-000-114100 to Ag Residential with a shoreland overlay and conditions; the minutes note resident letters and petitions opposing aspects of the rezoning.
The Silver Creek Township Board of Planning and Zoning on May 20 approved a conditional use permit for PID 216-100-333100 and rezoned PID 216-000-114100 to Ag Residential with a shoreland district overlay, adding conditions that prohibit a planned unit development and bar back-lot lake access, according to the meeting minutes.
Chairman Chris Klein called the meeting to order. Board member Mark Egge moved to approve the meeting agenda; Tom Vanek seconded and the motion is recorded as carried 10-0. Board member Ryan Nelson moved to approve the May 6, 2025 meeting minutes; Jesse Dickinson seconded. The minutes record that motion as carried 6-0 and list Mike Helman, Mark Egge, Brandon Geyen and Justin Hall as abstaining.
On a land-use item, the minutes show that Randall Stoick sought a conditional use permit for parcel PID 216-100-333100. Board member Mike Helman moved to approve the CUP 'as written'; Brandon Geyen seconded. The minutes state the motion 'carried 9-0' and separately note that Jesse Dickinson abstained.
The board also considered a rezone request from Skies Limit LLC for parcel PID 216-000-114100. The minutes record a motion by Chairman Chris Klein, seconded by Mark Egge, to rezone the parcel from Agricultural to Ag Residential with a shoreland district overlay, to disallow a PUD in the concept plan and to prohibit back-lot lake access. The minutes record that motion as 'carried 9-0' and note that Sandy Forsman abstained. In the same entry, the minutes record a motion by Klein, seconded by Egge, to approve construction of a township road beginning at lot 1 built to township road specifications; that motion is likewise recorded as 'carried 9-0' with Forsman abstaining. The minutes also reference attached letters and petitions raising concerns from residents; the minutes do not summarize the petitions' contents.
The meeting minutes record a motion by Brandon Geyen, seconded by Jesse Dickinson, to adjourn the meeting; the lines provided do not state the vote outcome for the adjournment.
The minutes supplied are silent on implementation steps, timelines, permitting conditions beyond the stated concept-plan restrictions, and on whether any of the abstentions altered recorded tallies. The minutes should be consulted directly for the official record and for attached letters and petitions described in the file.
Next steps: the minutes do not list additional hearings or follow-up dates for the approved items in the lines supplied.
